poudren.

Brit.

/ˈpuːdrə/, U.S.

/ˈpudrə/, Canadian English

/ˈpuːdrə/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French poudre.

Etymology: < Canadian French poudre (1791 or earlier; compare quot. 1791 in etymological note), specific use of French poudre powder n.¹ Compare Canadian French poudrer (of snow) to be whirled up or about, e.g. in a snowstorm (1743), spec. use of French poudrer powder v.¹Compare the following earlier uses of the French word in an English context, with reference to French-speaking Canada:1791 E. P. Simcoe Diary 31 Dec. (1911) 71 There is little wind here, except with a snowstorm of fine snow. The [Canadian] French call it poudre or powdered snow, and to travel with that blowing in one's face is very disagreeable.1838 J. H. Ingraham Burton I. xi. 156 As the night gathered around them, the wind..increased in violence, drifting the fine particles of snow (by the habitans [of Québec] termed la poudre) into their faces.

Canadian. Now rare.

Very fine, powdery snow; = powder snow n.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow

mountain snow1567

red snow1678

poudre1846

firn1853

powder snow1914

powder1931

boilerplate1937

snowpack1952

crud1961

tracking snow1971

1846 G. Warburton Hochelaga II. vii. 160 At the corner of each street gusts of wind whirled round showers of sharp, keen poudre.

1881 Standard 22 Jan. 5/1 The region [sc. Manitoba] is swept by those fearful blasts known as ‘blizzards’ which send the ‘poudre’, or dry snow, whirling in icy clouds.

1901 G. Parker Right of Way 83 It was a goodly scene..the flowery tracery of frost hanging like cobwebs everywhere; the poudre sparkle in the air.

Compounds

poudre day n. a day on which fine, powdery snow falls; a bitterly cold day.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow > day on which powder-snow falls

poudre day1873

1873 W. F. Butler Wild North Land xiv. 152 The sun, which on one of these ‘poudre’ days in the North seems to exert as much influence upon the war of cold and storm as some good bishop in the Middle Ages was wont to exercise over the belligerents at Cressy or Poictiers.

1892 G. Parker Pierre & his People 67 A poudre day, with its steely air and fatal frost was an ill thing in the world.

1951 W. O'Meara Grand Portage xxxiii. 214 It was a real ‘poudre day’. Only a few inches of dry, fine snow lay on the prairie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poudre
释义	poudren. Brit. /ˈpuːdrə/, U.S. /ˈpudrə/, Canadian English /ˈpuːdrə/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French poudre. Etymology: < Canadian French poudre (1791 or earlier; compare quot. 1791 in etymological note), specific use of French poudre powder n.¹ Compare Canadian French poudrer (of snow) to be whirled up or about, e.g. in a snowstorm (1743), spec. use of French poudrer powder v.¹Compare the following earlier uses of the French word in an English context, with reference to French-speaking Canada:1791 E. P. Simcoe Diary 31 Dec. (1911) 71 There is little wind here, except with a snowstorm of fine snow. The [Canadian] French call it poudre or powdered snow, and to travel with that blowing in one's face is very disagreeable.1838 J. H. Ingraham Burton I. xi. 156 As the night gathered around them, the wind..increased in violence, drifting the fine particles of snow (by the habitans [of Québec] termed la poudre) into their faces. Canadian. Now rare. Very fine, powdery snow; = powder snow n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow mountain snow1567 red snow1678 poudre1846 firn1853 powder snow1914 powder1931 boilerplate1937 snowpack1952 crud1961 tracking snow1971 1846 G. Warburton Hochelaga II. vii. 160 At the corner of each street gusts of wind whirled round showers of sharp, keen poudre. 1881 Standard 22 Jan. 5/1 The region [sc. Manitoba] is swept by those fearful blasts known as ‘blizzards’ which send the ‘poudre’, or dry snow, whirling in icy clouds. 1901 G. Parker Right of Way 83 It was a goodly scene..the flowery tracery of frost hanging like cobwebs everywhere; the poudre sparkle in the air. Compounds poudre day n. a day on which fine, powdery snow falls; a bitterly cold day. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow > day on which powder-snow falls poudre day1873 1873 W. F. Butler Wild North Land xiv. 152 The sun, which on one of these ‘poudre’ days in the North seems to exert as much influence upon the war of cold and storm as some good bishop in the Middle Ages was wont to exercise over the belligerents at Cressy or Poictiers. 1892 G. Parker Pierre & his People 67 A poudre day, with its steely air and fatal frost was an ill thing in the world. 1951 W. O'Meara Grand Portage xxxiii. 214 It was a real ‘poudre day’. Only a few inches of dry, fine snow lay on the prairie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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